Byte Data

Teradata supports two data types for holding binary data:

BYTE.
VARBYTE.
BYTE is for fixed length binary strings. VARBYTE is for variable length binary s
trings. These data types are used for storing binary objects such as digital ima
ges, executable objects, flat files, etc.
Byte Data Description
BYTE (size) Fixed length
Binary string
Default: (1)
Max: 64,000 bytes
VARBYTE (size) Variable length
Binary string
Default: (1)
Max: 64,000 bytes
Note: BYTE columns are not covertible to other data types